Here you will find our confidentiality guidance. You will also find six supporting pieces of guidance to help you decide if patient information should be disclosed in particular situations, such as when considering if a patient is fit to drive, or when a patient has a serious communicable disease.

Our guidance on making decisions about care and treatment in partnership with your patients. It includes guidance on what to do where patients may lack capacity and specific advice on making audio and visual recordings of patients.

Our guidance to help you when something goes wrong. It covers how to be open and honest with patients and those close to them. You will also find guidance on raising concerns about patient safety and advice on your responsibilities if someone raises concerns with you.

Some doctors are formal leaders, accountable for the performance of a team or teams. But all doctors are responsible for identifying problems and solving them. This guidance covers what we mean by shared leadership.

Our guidance on providing care to patients reaching the end of their life. It covers adults, children and neonates and includes guidance on advance care planning, clinically assisted nutrition and hydration, and cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

Here you will find a range of guidance to help make sure that you remain professional in the variety of situations that you face. This includes advice on maintaining appropriate boundaries and our social media guidance.

In rare circumstances the trust between you and a patient may break down. This guidance covers when you should and shouldn't end the relationship and what to do. This includes closing or relocating your practice.

Examinations can be embarrassing or distressing for patients. This guidance covers examinations of a patient's intimate areas. It can also apply to any examination where it is necessary to touch or be close to the patient.

When we develop or revise our guidance we talk to a wide range of people and gather evidence from lots of sources. You can find out more about how we do this in the 'setting standards for doctors' section.

We help to protect patients and improve medical education and practice in the UK by setting standards for students and doctors. We support them in achieving and exceeding those standards, and take action when they are not met.